Spartak Stadium (Moscow)
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Spartak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Moscow
, Russia
, the construction of which started in October 2010. Once completed in 2012, it will be used mostly for football
matches and will host the home matches of FC Spartak Moscow
. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 35,000 people but later this was changed to a 42,000 people. The current design is developed by AECOM
, which will also design a separate indoor arena. The main financing of the construction comes from the club's owner Leonid Fedun through affiliated companies LUKoil company
and IFD Kapital.
The stadium is to be constructed on the site of the Tushino Airport
.
.
File:Moskva spartak stadion.jpg
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, the construction of which started in October 2010. Once completed in 2012, it will be used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and will host the home matches of FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
. The stadium was designed with a capacity of 35,000 people but later this was changed to a 42,000 people. The current design is developed by AECOM
AECOM
AECOM Technology Corporation is a professional technical and management support services firm. The company is ranked as the number one design firm for 2010 and 2011 by Engineering News-Record and number one by Architectural Record. It provides services in the areas of transportation, planning,...
, which will also design a separate indoor arena. The main financing of the construction comes from the club's owner Leonid Fedun through affiliated companies LUKoil company
LUKoil
Lukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
and IFD Kapital.
The stadium is to be constructed on the site of the Tushino Airport
Tushino Airport
Tushino airfield is a general aviation airfield located in Tushino, in the northwest part of Moscow, Russia. During the Cold War it was the site of military airshows which reviewed the latest in Soviet innovation...
.
External links
- Section on the official site of Spartak about the stadium with renders of the stadium
- Article on the official website of Spartak with pictures of the current design of the stadium as of December 2010
.
File:Moskva spartak stadion.jpg